The Concept Of Worldview

In this life, we as humans have always been fascinated with questions; questions about our place in this world, questions about where we come from, questions about what happens next. However, most begin to wonder if we are we asking the right questions. What are the reasons behind asking such questions? Is it to try and find a conclusion? Is it to broaden our thinking? To discover our reasoning, we sometimes have to evaluate the make up of our worldview and what worldview means to us.
As for Worldview, it is defined as a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world. Because we are humans with great diversity, there are many different worldviews. Worldviews can be shaped by environment, childhood, and perception of reality. Our worldview …show more content…
Most of our worldviews begin to take shape at an early age by what we are exposed and subjected to while we are young. Our environment, as well as home life, introduces us to relationships, discrimination, and molds the generalizations we make about we think we understand and believe. We replace the experiences and memories with abstract ideas and understanding while forming concepts. The Oliver 2
Oliver 2 conceptualization process involves observing, making choices, and recalling memories. We organize ideas and concepts to structure our conceptual ideas. As we get older the rate of acquiring new concepts generally slows down, but our framework can change as new experiences provide new insights. In this way, our comprehensive conception of the world, our worldview, develops.
Another way our worldviews develop is who we let influence our thinking. Every experience in life gives us feedback for changing our focus on life. On a broader scale though, those who control our access to information as well as our social organizations, such as media and schools, predominantly determine our beliefs. This is because these institutions dictate what beliefs and behaviors are rewarded and which are